From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,de4046858a88bacb X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!news.germany.com!news.belwue.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!not-for-mail From: Peter Hermann Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada OS Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:46:57 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Comp.Center (RUS), U of Stuttgart, FRG Message-ID: References: <3c1ea5f7-586a-4101-81cd-857711c63042@d61g2000hsa.googlegroups.com> X-Trace: infosun2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de 1195811217 23432 141.58.7.20 (23 Nov 2007 09:46:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@news.uni-stuttgart.de NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:46:57 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: tin/1.9.2-20070201 ("Dalaruan") (UNIX) (Linux/2.6.18-5-686 (i686)) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18582 Date: 2007-11-23T09:46:57+00:00 List-Id: It is self-evident that an OS from scratch would be a gigantic costly endeavor when written from scratch. OTOH Linus Torvalds is wise enough to identify Ada as a useful tool to replace pieces of C-code bit by bit towards temporary coexistence of both languages. The biggest advantage is the deep knowledge of weak points (if any) of the architecture of Linux. ph